Accelerating advancements in cancer prevention and cures, Wei Gao, assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, has received a $900,000 grant from the Cancer ...

Gain-of-function research (GOFR) refers to the serial passaging of microorganisms to increase their transmissibility, virulence, immunogenicity, and host tropism by applying selective pressure to a ...

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FcεRI is a multimeric immune Fc receptor that binds IgE with high affinity. It has a tetrameric structure on the surface of mast cells and basophils, consisting of one IgE-binding α-chain, one β-chain ...

We have analyzed the existence of obligatory steps in the folding reaction of the α-spectrin SH3 domain by mutating Asp 48 (D48G), which is at position i+3 of an isolated two-residue type II' β-turn.